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Bill	CONSERVATION DIST INDEBTEDNESS	Amends the Conservation District Act. Provides that a district entirely within a county with a population under 750,000 (now, 300,000) and contiguous to a county of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants may incur additional debt if approved by referendum. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 668	Illinois HB 668 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	45	3	2005-01-28	2005-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3f4e26d5-fdbb-4af9-8796-ae3c4ff96152	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=668&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15091&SessionID=50&GA=94	fd6ee605167ae664ae07f44777639400623b2b9b5df6e8044df19f48e399a917	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 668 (94th) — CONSERVATION DIST INDEBTEDNESS

Amends the Conservation District Act. Provides that a district entirely within a county with a population under 750,000 (now, 300,000) and contiguous to a county of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants may incur additional debt if approved by referendum. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael Tryon — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2005-01-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael Tryon filing
• 2005-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-03 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-02-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 007-002-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-10 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
• 2005-02-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 24, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2005-03-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
• 2005-05-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 010-000-000
• 2005-05-19 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Althoff amendment-passage
• 2005-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2005-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael Tryon
• 2005-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Local Government Committee; 007-003-000
• 2005-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
• 2005-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2005
• 2005-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0617 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f4e26d5-fdbb-4af9-8796-ae3c4ff96152. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).